Sensitive measurement of fluctuations in the cosmic microwave background

Bibcode
1987Natur.326..462D
DOI
10.1038/326462a0
Davies, R. D.; Lasenby, A. N.; Watson, R. A.; Daintree, E. J.; Hopkins, J.; Beckman, J.; Sanchez Almeida, J.; Rebolo, R.
Bibliographical reference

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 326, April 2, 1987, p. 462-465.

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1987
Number of authors
8
IAC number of authors
3
Citations
156
Refereed citations
140
Description
Extensive high sensitivity observations of the cosmic microwave background have been made on an angular scale of 8° covering a substantial fraction of the northern sky. An observed anisotropy in the sky emission at a level of ΔT/T = 3.7×10-5 has been detected (T is temperature). This level should strictly be interpreted as an upper limit to the cosmic microwave background fluctuations. It is possibly the direct imprint of density perturbations in the early universe.
Type
Refereed

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